“When you're surrounded by stupidity, self-preservation isn't a sin.” — Meljean Brook Copy Share Image
“Where the hell is your sense of self-preservation, woman? You reckless, beautiful, stray cat!” — Sandra Ross Copy Share Image
We as a country, our lust for entertainment has sort of superseded our sense of self-preservation. — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
“She must protect herself. There would be no one to do it for her. A plan started to prick up its ears… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me. — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
“But a surprising number of elected officials have told us that they can see the danger themselves, but cannot say so for… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“I've got a sense of self-preservation. OK, granted , it's still in the original shrink wrap but I've got one if I… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“Can we get control of an individual to the point where he will do our bidding against his will and even against… — Orit Badouk Epstein Copy Share Image
One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“When we stop thinking primarily about ourselves, of our wants, our image and our own self-preservation, we undergo a transformation of truly… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
“Self-preservation—this is your new focus. The only obligation of today is to preserve the breath of tomorrow. Then, once footing is regained,… — John-Talmage Mathis Copy Share Image
The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave,… — Louis Sullivan Copy Share Image
According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Just when had I become so self-absorbed? I was a form of self-preservation, I realized now; I had resolved that...I could survive… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Certain motherfuckers think they can fuck with my shit, but you can't kill the Rooster. You might can fuck him up some… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
A common excuse for self-preservation through disobedience is offense. There is a false sense of self-protection in harboring an offense. It keeps… — John Bevere Copy Share Image
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“This is not to say that one should not be angered at an injustice or speak out against whatever violates one’s security.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, its first instinct is that of self-preservation. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
“You can care about new things and new people and new beginnings, and until you are dead in the ground, you are… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the… — Antonio R. Damasio Copy Share Image
You have to realize there is nothing more you can do to convince someone you love to turn their life around. You… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“...but doth not the person who expends vast sums in the furniture of his house or the ornaments of his person, who… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“For humans, not fearing death is 99% a blessing, and only 1% a curse.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Narcissism is the intrinsic mental plague that keeps humans trapped into their futile existence and self-preservation needs. — Rev Richard Skaff Copy Share Image
